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de·mon D0004600 (dē′mən)n.1. An evil supernatural being; a devil.2. A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion: the demon of drug addiction.3. One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent: worked away like a demon; a real demon at math.4. Variant of daimon.
[Middle English, from Late Latin daemōn, from Latin, spirit, from Greek daimōn, divine power; see dā- in Indo-European roots.]
de·mon′ic (-mŏn′ĭk) adj.de·mon′i·cal·ly adv.demon (ˈdiːmən) n1. an evil spirit or devil2. a person, habit, obsession, etc, thought of as evil, cruel, or persistently tormenting3. Also called: daemon or daimon an attendant or ministering spirit; genius: the demon of inspiration. 4. a. a person who is extremely skilful in, energetic at, or devoted to a given activity, esp a sport: a demon at cycling. b. (as modifier): a demon cyclist. 5. a variant spelling of daemon16. informal archaic Austral and NZ a detective or policeman7. (Computer Science) computing a part of a computer program, such as a help facility, that can run in the background behind the current task or application, and which will only begin to work when certain conditions are met or when it is specifically invoked[C15: from Latin daemōn evil spirit, spirit, from Greek daimōn spirit, deity, fate; see daemon]de•mon (ˈdi mən)
n. 1. an evil spirit; fiend. 2. an evil passion or influence. 3. a wicked or cruel person. 4. one with great energy: a demon for work. 5. daimon. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin daemonium < Greek daimónion, thing of divine nature (in Jewish and Christian writers, evil spirit) derivative of daímōn; (definition 6) < Latin < Greek; see daimon] demon- demonAn evil spirit that may take many different forms. In Western tradition they are sometimes referred to as infernal spirits and have been said to exist in hundreds of thousands. In other traditions they are thought to exist in billions.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  demon - an evil supernatural being daemon, daimon, devil, fiendevil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harmincubus - a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping womensuccuba, succubus - a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping mendibbuk, dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior | | 2. |  demon - a cruel wicked and inhuman person fiend, ogre, monster, devildisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeabledemoniac - someone who acts as if possessed by a demon | | 3. | demon - someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"doer, actor, worker - a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" |
demonnoun1. evil spirit, devil, fiend, goblin, ghoul, malignant spirit a woman possessed by evil demons2. wizard, master, ace (informal), addict, fanatic, fiend He is a demon for discipline.3. monster, beast, villain, rogue, barbarian, brute, ogre He was a dictator and a demon.Related words
fear demonophobiaTranslationsdemon (ˈdiːmən) noun an evil spirit; a devil. demons from Hell. 惡魔，魔鬼 恶魔，魔鬼 demon
the demon drinkslang A derogatory phrase for alcohol that emphasizes its negative effects. Woe be to any of you who fall under the spell of the demon drink.See also: demon, drinklike a demonAn intensifier used when one puts forth great effort to do something. I'm planning to fight like a demon against this illness, so I'm researching both Western and Eastern methods of treatment. We've been working like demons to get the update finished before the Christmas break.See also: demon, likespeed demon1. Someone who drives very fast in their car, especially over the legal speed limit. I used to be an awful speed demon, but I got so many tickets that I nearly lost my license. OK, I know we're running late, but there's no need to be such a speed demon. I'd rather arrive alive.2. An athlete who runs, skates, swims, cycles, etc., very fast. The team's new running back is one hell of a speed demon. The speed demon already had eight Olympic gold medals for cycling, and he finally added a Tour de France championship to his list of accolades.3. Someone or something that performs an action much faster than is usual. I can't believe you've already read through all these reports. You're a real speed demon! Th tablet's new CPU is a speed demon, all right, but it eats through the battery like nobody's business.See also: demon, speedthe demon ˈdrink (British English, humorous) alcoholic drink: It was the demon drink that made me act in that way.See also: demon, drinkspeed demon1. n. a fast runner; a fast driver. Tom is a speed demon. He qualified for the Olympics. 2. n. a habitual user of methamphetamine. (Drugs.) When they are high, most speed demons don’t know what they are doing. See also: demon, speeddemon
demon, supernatural being, generally malevolent in character. In general, the more civilized pagan societies came to consider demons as powerful, supernatural beings who lacked the dignity of gods and who, depending on the circumstance, might be either benevolent or malevolent in their dealings with men. Some demons, like the Greek Pan, were nature spirits; others were guardians of the home or fields or watchers over travelers; still others were spirits of disease and insanity or dream spirits. Some demons were considered to be intermediaries between men and the gods. It was not until the development of late Hebraic and Christian thinking that demons came to represent the unqualified malevolence so common in European demonology of the 16th and 17th cent. This period was a high point in the study of demons, in the speculation on their nature, number, and specific fiendishness. The list compiled in 1589 by a demonologist named Binsfield was considered to be highly authoritative; in it he listed the following major demons and their particular evils: Lucifer (pride), Mammon (avarice), Asmodeus or Ashmodai (lechery), Satan (anger), Beelzebub (gluttony), Leviathan (envy), and Belphegor (sloth). The widespread and ancient belief in demons is still a strong force in many regions of the world today. See spiritismspiritism
or spiritualism,
belief that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through the agency of a medium or psychic.
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a form of sorcery, or the magical manipulation of nature for self-aggrandizement, or for the benefit or harm of a client. This manipulation often involves the use of spirit-helpers, or familiars.
..... Click the link for more information. . Bibliography See R. H. Robbins, The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology (1959); H. A. Relly, The Devil, Demonology, and Witchcraft (1968); F. Gettings, Dictionary of Demons (1988). What does it mean when you dream about a demon?Dreams of demons are not always dreams of evil, or even symbols of torment. Devils can, for example, represent intelligence, cunning (“devilishly clever!”), and even sexuality (“You devil, you”). These traditional representatives of the dark side often symbolize the unconscious, especially one’s shadow self. DemonSee also Devil.Aello Harpy;demon carrying people away, personifying a whirlwind. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 40]afreetor afrit gigantic jinn, powerful and malicious. [Muslim Myth.: Benét, 13]Apophisthe snake god; most important of demons. [Ancient Egypt. Rel.: Parrinder, 24]Ashmedaiking of fiends. [Hebrew Myth.: Leach, 83]Asmodeusking of the devils. [Talmudic Legend: Benét, 58]batbird that is the devil incarnate. [Western Folklore: Mercatante, 181]catevil being, demonic in nature. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 46]crocodilefeared as spirit of evil. [African Folklore: Jobes, 382; Mercatante, 9]Demogorgonmere mention of his name brings death and destruction. [Western Folklore: Benét, 263]Divesferocious spirits under sovereignty of Eblis. [Persian Myth.: LLEI, I: 326]Fidealevil water spirit; dragged men under water. [Scot. Folklore: Briggs, 175]Great Giant of Henllysghost of dead man turned demon. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 199–200]incubusdemon in the form of a man. [Western Folklore: Briggs, 232]jinn(genii) class of demon assuming animal/human form. [Arab. Myth.: Benét, 13, 521]Old Bogynursery fiend invoked to frighten children. [Br. Folklore: Wheeler, 265]succubusdemon in the form of a woman. [Western Folklore: Briggs, 232]whaleformer symbol of demonic evil. [Animal Symbolism: Mercatante, 26]demon (operating system)(Often used equivalently to daemon,especially in the Unix world, where the latter spelling andpronunciation is considered mildly archaic). A program orpart of a program which is not invoked explicitly, but thatlies dormant waiting for some condition(s) to occur.
At MIT they use "demon" for part of a program and "daemon"for an operating system process.
Demons (parts of programs) are particularly common in AIprograms. For example, a knowledge-manipulation programmight implement inference rules as demons. Whenever a newpiece of knowledge was added, various demons would activate(which demons depends on the particular piece of data) andwould create additional pieces of knowledge by applying theirrespective inference rules to the original piece. These newpieces could in turn activate more demons as the inferencesfiltered down through chains of logic. Meanwhile, the mainprogram could continue with whatever its primary task was.This is similar to the triggers used in relational databases.
The use of this term may derive from "Maxwell's Demons" -minute beings which can reverse the normal flow of heat from ahot body to a cold body by only allowing fast moving moleculesto go from the cold body to the hot one and slow moleculesfrom hot to cold. The solution to this apparent thermodynamicparadox is that the demons would require an external supply ofenergy to do their work and it is only in the absence of sucha supply that heat must necessarily flow from hot to cold.
Walt Bunch believes the term comes from the demons in OliverSelfridge's paper "Pandemonium", MIT 1958, which was namedafter the capital of Hell in Milton's "Paradise Lost".Selfridge likened neural cells firing in response to inputpatterns to the chaos of millions of demons shrieking inPandemonium.demon (company)Demon Internet Ltd.demon (3)A program generator for differential equation problems.
[N.W. Bennett, Australian AEC Research Establishment,AAEC/E142, Aug 1965].DEMON
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demon
Related to demon: Demon possessionSynonyms for demonnoun evil spiritSynonyms- evil spirit
- devil
- fiend
- goblin
- ghoul
- malignant spirit
noun wizardSynonyms- wizard
- master
- ace
- addict
- fanatic
- fiend
noun monsterSynonyms- monster
- beast
- villain
- rogue
- barbarian
- brute
- ogre
Synonyms for demonnoun an evil supernatural beingSynonymsRelated Words- evil spirit
- incubus
- succuba
- succubus
- dibbuk
- dybbuk
noun a cruel wicked and inhuman personSynonymsRelated Words- disagreeable person
- unpleasant person
- demoniac
noun someone extremely diligent or skillfulRelated Words |